>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> writes:
Rich> On Sun, 30 Oct 2016, Robert Citek wrote: >> Good luck and let us know what works for you. Rich> Still seeking this goal. :-) Rich> After modifying ~/.bash_profile to invoke ssh-agent I sourced Rich> the file, then tried ssh-add which did not work: Rich> $ ssh-add Enter passphrase for /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ed25519: Rich> Could not add identity "/home/rshepard/.ssh/id_ed25519": agent Rich> refused operation Rich> Searching for this error (without the string in quotes) using Rich> duckduckgo produced many hits on running ssh-add, but none Rich> explicitiy explaining the cause of this error message. The man Rich> page does not offer an option of specifying which identity to use Rich> (I have only the one). Rich> Google finds many hits (primarily Ubuntu users) about missing Rich> identities when running ssh-add, but none (on the first page of Rich> hits) about ssh-add refusing to add an existing identity. Rich> Would be nice to learn why. My wild guess would be you typed the wrong passphrase. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug